Abstract: Part I: papers of John C. Fremont, his wife, Jessie, and their
children, Elizabeth, Francis and John, including correspondence, memoirs, clippings,
scrapbooks and miscellaneous items. Part II: notes, clippings and transcripts of papers
collected by Allan Nevins in preparing his biography of Fremont; and letters to Nevins from
Francis P. Fremont.

Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English

Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite
and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open to research.

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17,
U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of
University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of
the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited
without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively
with the user.

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See:
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Pt. I v. 4. Agreements with Agua Fria Gold Mining Company : also available on
microfilm.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog

Frémont, Elizabeth Benton,
1842-1919

Frémont, Francis Preston,
1854-1931

Frémont, Jessie Benton,
1824-1902

Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890

Frémont, John Charles, 1849-1911

Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971

Norris, Thomas W. (Thomas
Wayne). Thomas W. Norris collection

Frémont family

Frémont family--Archives

Gold mines and mining--California

Mexican War, 1846-1848

Arizona

California--Description and
travel

United States--History--Civil
War, 1861-1865

United States--Politics and
government

West (U.S.)--Discovery and
exploration

Autobiographies

Clippings

Scrapbooks

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The Frémont Family Papers contain some items from the T. W. Norris
Collection.

Scope and Content

The collection consists primarily of the Frémont family papers used by Allan
Nevins in writing his biography of John Charles Frémont and presented by the family
to the Bancroft Library in 1927, through the courtesy of Mr. Nevins. Some additional
Frémont material was acquired with the T. W. Norris Collection purchased in 1954,
through the gift of John Rosekrans, May 1957 (Agua Fria Mining Company lease and contract),
and through the gift of The Friends of the Bancroft Library in January 1962 (the letters
written to Nelly H. Browne, intimate friend of the family). The material is integrated in
arrangement, but provenance of the additional material is indicated on folders. Several
items have been added by gift or purchase. Sources are noted on the folders. Mr. Nevins also
gave, in 1927, the notes, clippings and transcripts of Papers relating to Frémont
which he had gathered in preparing the biography. This collateral material was made Part II
of the collection.

The papers in Part I include letters written to and by John C. Frémont, his wife,
Jessie, and their children, Elizabeth, John and Francis; the General's unpublished
memoirs; memoirs of Mrs. Frémont and Elizabeth; scrapbooks, clippings; and
miscellaneous papers. Photographs in the collection were placed in the portrait files and
bear the numbers 708-712 and 988-992.